Sweet Home... California?

So it's been a while- and it seems like I always start posts that way. :-) Oh well, eventually I'll learn...
A lot has happened- I'm home from school now, it seems crazy that Christmas is just a few days away! I survived my first semester and I have never been so happy to be home! I have to say that it is going to take a bit to get used to. I've gotten used to the control and freedom of being "in charge" of myself and my responsibilities, and I don't get quite so much control at home. But, as a good friend of mine pointed out- it's just preparing me for the future, because "tide down and controlled" is what marriage is- though, I imagine it to be a bit more pleasant than that sounds- but- I could be wrong. I've not been there yet.
Speaking of marriage- I've come to the conclusion that the reason that so many people get married at The Master's College is because- so many people say that everybody gets married at The Master's College. There's nothing in the air or water that makes the place romantic (well, there are lots of roses actually...) it's just a state of mind that the students have been given before hand. And it works! There was a time when I was so terrified of marriage that I couldn't stand the idea of me being married one day, but now... well, I'm still terrified, but some of things that we're scared of turn out to be just wonderful... While we're on the subject- remember that hat making project? Well, Charity- the girl in charge of it all- wrote to some writers (John MacArthur, CJ Mahaney, Joshua Harris, Carolyn Mahaney, John Piper... and a few others) and asked them to send her some books, so that she could encourage people to make hats by offering a few prizes to the most creative, most durable, most unique... and a few other things. During the last week of school, she sent out the books in the mail. I helped her package the books. While we were working on this I noticed that one of the books was entitled Feminine Appeal, I thought that sounded rather... sketchy (?) especially for a student at The Master's College to have, so I pointed it out. Charity told me that I had won a prize and that I could have it or any other book if I wanted. So, I made a joke about making sure that I avoided Feminine Appeal and Boy meets Girl (by Joshua Harris). But God is sovereign... after all of the books were chosen for each of the other people who won... the only two books left... were those two. Charity thought that she would heighten the irony of the situation just a little bit more and gave them both to me!...God has some sense of humor doesn't He?
So, I'm going to finish this post and then dive into a book on Ga subject my heart probably doesn't need to hear any more about right now... but God is sovereign, right? :-)
Oh, I almost forgot to tell about the newest thing on my To Do list... though it actually seems horrid to say it that way, because it is not on my To Do list- it is on my heart. While Charity and I were trying to convince people to make hats- i went online and research statistics on the condition of living for orphans in Ukraine. It's heart breaking. I'll have to do a post later and write them all down for you- but the point is- I wish I could do something!! and then I realized that I can. I have my whole life ahead of me and God has given me so much- there has got to be something that I can do!- so if that means going overseas- so be it. If that means staying here and raising support for them- so be it. But I've go to do something! I just don't know where to start...
Anyway- that's the really, really, really short version of the speech that I normally give- but it's the idea of the thing... well I should go... see you around.
Samia